Personally, I’m a big fan of Tyler since her role as Charlie, Ross Geller’s paleontologist girlfriend on the evergreen sitcom Friends. She is also popularly known for her vocal work on Archer, an FX show, which is coming back for another season on January 13.

Tyler will be seen guest-starring on the 16^th episode “Spring-a-Ding-Fling of Modern Family Season 5, where she will be playing the role of Wendy who is Mitchell’s old classmate during law school. In the episode their old friendship takes a very interesting turn when Wendy becomes his boss and he has to report to her.

Along with Aisha Tyler, the other guest stars of the season 5 of Modern Family include Jane Krakiwski, Nathan Lane, Adam DeVine, Jesse Eisenberg and John Benjamin Hickey. Besides The Talk and Archer, Tyler also hosts Whose Line Is It Anyway on CW, which just got renewed for another season last year. She has also landed up on a role in an HBO Pilot, Open by Ryan Murphy. Tyler’s book Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation got published last summer.

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The episode will feature Claire stressed out during the high school’s open house while Gloria encounters a ‘mean girl’ mom (Jane Krakowski), and Jay teaches Phil how to play hookie.  Elsewhere in the episode Mitchell gets defensive when dealing with his environmentalist neighbor (Jesse Eisenberg), and Alex sees a therapist (John Benjamin Hickey).

Eisenberg is known for his role in 2010’s The Social Network and will be lending his voice to the upcoming animated feature Rio 2.  Jane Krakowski won a Tony award for her performance in “Nine,” and can of course be seen on 30 Rock, while John Benjamin Hickey’s theatre credits include “Cabaret,” “The Crucible,” and most recently, the acclaimed “The Normal Heart.”

“Under Pressure” airs January 15th at 9 PM on ABC, and new episodes of Modern Family return next Wednesday, January 8th.

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Although, everything is at an initial stage, Modern Family’s other show runner/creator Chris Lloyd will be focusing on the flagship series with 20^th Century Fox Television, , which just started airing its 5^th Season this week and opened up with a ‘historic’ gay proposal episode. The most talked about ideas in the spin-off meeting were to include Gil Thorpe, Rob Riggle’s arrogant real estate agent, who was a rivalry with Phil (Ty Burrell). The team described this meeting as nothing but discussing and exploring all the possible options for a perfect concept. It’s still uncertain whether it’s going to be a spin-off or a concept based on the record-breaking comedy series, to which both 20^th Century and ABC denied any comments. 

If you think about it, a spin-off would be a better idea than a show based on Modern’s concept. With this comedy series bringing out a spin-off, it would become a rapid trend as many channels look forward to work on an established show, which already has an audience, which saves them from running a risk of beginning a brand new show. ABC is already launching a spin-off, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, this fall, along with CW bringing in The Originals, the Vampire Diaries spin-off. On the other hand, AMC is planning a prequel spin-off of Breaking Bad and CBS coming up with an NCIS spin-off, set in New Orleans.

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With the less than luxurious accommodations bringing a bit of a halt to the family affair, the group begins to break off and begin doing their own things. Mitch and Cam make an attempt to join the party and celebrate, only to realize it’s not quite what they had hoped for. Gloria, whose time honored tradition of eating twelve grapes at midnight as she makes a wish on each one, is put in jeopardy when she realizes there are no grapes to be had.  Jay, having been left on his own, is feeling a bit letdown until he runs into some old friends played by guest stars, Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars V) and Lainie Kazan (My Big Fat Greek Wedding).

Back at home, Haley and Alex are left to watch over the kids, only to find out that it might not be as easy as they thought.

Modern Family airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on ABC.

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